Data misunderstanding Earth idioms
Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E11 "Data's Day"
Actual dialog:
DATA: I would like to examine the remains of Ambassador T'Pel left on the transporter pad.
BEVERLY: I'm working on the report right now.
DATA: Have you compared the genetic code with the Ambassador's last-recorded transporter ID traces?
BEVERLY: No. That's not procedure. Why?
DATA: I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause.
BEVERLY: [confused look] [pause] [realization] A wild-goose chase?
9 replies
“We may have defecated in the sleeping place.”
"We have twisted a spiraled metal fastener in an upward direction."
If I had a nickel…
If I had a nickel for every canine I've copulated with, I'd have zero nickels.
So you're confirming that you don't work for the FBI?
I mean, I can change that for you~
I thought you were trying trying to make a joke about how I-Chaya should be given the title of Ambassador.